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Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Student athletes against homophobic hate

Via Outsports:

University of Michigan student body president Chris Armstrong has come under attack recently from Michigan Assistant Attorney General Andrew Shirvell simply for being gay (Shirvell’s hateful blog is now readable by invitation only). But athletes from football, baseball, hockey, gymnastics, rowing, softball and many other sports aren’t standing for it. Instead, they have posed for a photograph (full photo after the jump) with pro-Armstrong T-shirts that read:

Elected by us. Respected by us. I expect respect for myself and my community. When one member of our community is targeted, we are all attacked.

The effort is a collaboration between many people, including the University of Michigan and PR guru Howard Bragman.

Read the post in full HERE.

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